COCA offers several programs that teach youth facts about vaping and smoking. Scroll down for more vaping and smoking programs.
Read our Vaping Toolkit for Parents
Escape the Vape
Learn the truth about vaping. This program is available as a school presentation for grades five through college age, tailored with age-appropriate information. Sessions are also available for parents and school faculty.
Topics covered include:
Myths about e-cigarettes
Why electronic cigarettes are not safe alternatives to traditional cigarettes
Nicotine and other substances found in electronic cigarettes
How products are marketed to teens through flavorings, social media and appealing devices
Why adolescents’ brains are more susceptible to addiction
How the lack of government regulation enables companies to promote misinformation
Strategies to prevent youth vaping
And much more!
Escape the Vape Programs for Different Audiences
Escape the Vape: Caregiver Edition
Helping the children in our lives avoid vaping can prove difficult, especially when we have to work against somany outside forces like peer pressure and social media. It’s not uncommon to take many wrong turns along the journey and with all the misinformation out there regarding vaping its often difficulty to separate the truth from fiction. But you don’t have to do it alone. This program will help guide caregivers out of the maze by providing all the correct information and resources needed to help youth make the best life decisions.
Topics discussed include:
Myths about e-cigarettes
Why electronic cigarettes are not safe alternatives to traditional cigarettes
Nicotine and other substances found in electronic cigarettes
How products are marketed to teens through flavorings, social media and appealing devices
Why adolescents’ brains are more susceptible to addiction
How the lack of government regulation enables companies to promote misinformation
Strategies to prevent youth vaping
More Tobacco & Vaping Resources
SAVE (Suspension Alternatives for Vaping is Education)
An alternative to suspension for students who violate school district vaping policies.
